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  <dc:title>Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Romney Robinson, dated at Collingwood</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Copy letter in John Herschel's hand, with some alterations. Will not urge government to construct a great reflector at the Cape; believes it should be done through private funding; does look forward to the time when his work on southern skies will be reexamined. [See Thomas Robinson's 1849-10-21.]</dc:description>
  <dc:date>27 October 1849</dc:date>
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